(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors held their annual organizational meeting today (Tuesday), and voted to retain Steve Baier as Board Chair for 2023 and Mark O’Brien as Vice-Chair. They also voted to hold their regular weekly meetings on Tuesday’s at 9-a.m. They removed a clause in their schedule, which had stated they would meet on the last business day of the month, instead of Tuesday. Therefore their meetings will take place every Tuesday, unless otherwise necessary to meet on another day of the week.

The meeting on Jan. 3rd was the first official session for Board Member Wendy Richter, who was elected in the November General Election, when she ran unopposed.  The Board voted to set mileage reimbursement for County Employee Business travel at 50-cents per mile, with the exception of the Sheriff’s Civil Processor, which was set at the Federal rate of 65.5-cents per miles.

The Medical Examiner’s fee, was set in accordance with the Code of Iowa, at the current rate. The official county newspapers were retained the same as last year. The Board tabled action, for the second week in a row, on approving a five-year lease with the Cambridge Law Firm, for the upper story of the County-owned building at 707 Poplar Street. The decision to table was made because Supervisors O’Brien and Pettinger want to speak with the law firm’s owners or representatives…something they have not yet had a chance to do, because of the holidays.

The lower half of the building houses the Cass County Communications Center.